Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5586406 Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology 2017 82 Pages PDF
Abstract
In Tubulideres seminoli, several morphological characters were previously interpreted differently or overlooked like the assumed mouth cone weir, placids separated from the trunk in a specific arrangement, trunk segments 2-11 revealing a single tergal plate, whose lateral ends meet midventrally, female-specific gland cell outlets, and type-5 sensory spots. The gland cell outlets on segments 8 and 9 consist of a circular area with micropapillae at the surface, a strongly sclerotized tube through the trunk cuticle, and a bulbous subcuticular structure; similar gland cell outlets were previously reported from female specimens of species of Centroderes. The findings in T. seminoli and W. majkenae prompted also re-examination of the assumed mouth cone weir and the outer oral styles of adult Antygomonas paulae and Semnoderes sp. Characters of the outer oral styles, placids, and postembryonic stages are re-evaluated and compared among Kinorhyncha.
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